Early rising

I am really trying to be dedicated to this running. I have been keeping up with my schedule. I have been following a schedule by Hal Higdon. Apparently, he has run a bunch of marathons and he knows what he is talking about. His schedule came recommended to me by another first time marathon runner who just got done with theirs.

So today, I need to run 9 miles. It will be my farthest run so far. I want to get in the habit of what it will be like the day of the marathon, so I have gotten up early to kind of get the feel. It is 6:10 right now and I'm going to leave in about 20 mins.

I mention that because that means, on a Friday night, I went to bed early (9:30... on a Friday night!) so I could get up early to run. I even missed a ward camp out in Joshua Tree (though, I wouldn't say I'm all too broken up about that).

Alright, I'll check back in after my run.